Acts of Apostle Thomas

THE ACTS OF APOSTLE THOMAS : M. M. NINAN
In this sense Thomas indeed was the Twin of those who were like me rationalists and scientifically
minded. We thank him for his incredulity that he may beget children of courage and absolute confidence.
« Because you see Me, you touch Me, and You kiss Me, Thomas, you are happy, you believe again,
truly! Even happier and forever blessed are they who, in your midst, have believed without having
seen… My Face now engraved in you, remains in this world of darkness to guide and delight the
eyes that are lost there. Bear witness to my Truth! »
(Abbé Georges de Nantes, The Kiss of the Disciple)
Pentecost
First, Pentecost was an international experience. Jews from many nations were in Jerusalem, but surely, so
were many Gentiles. "Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in
Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them
speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God." (Acts 2:911) But they were all Jews who gathered together
in Jerusalem to celebrate the giving of the Covenant.
This was most probably in AD 30 - at any rate sometime between 29 and 33 AD giving all the uncertainities
of dating.
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